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Bloomberg’s sources say Apple will launch two new iPhones in late 2014 with big screens and curved glass. The new models would be 4.7-inches and 5.5-inchs and both phone’s would have glass that curves downwards at the edge. Bloomberg’s sources also said Apple was working on pressure-sensitive touch, but that would likely not be ready in time for a 2014 launch.

Amazon will begin delivering packages on Sunday in New York and Los Angeles in partnership with the United States Postal Service. Sunday delivery will also be available in London using Amazon's own trucks. To get Amazon's goods on a Sunday, you'll need to be an Amazon Prime member. Amazon plans to roll out Sunday delivery to more cities next year.

A leak on Amazon revealed Motorola’s new budget phone, the Motorola G will run £159.99 for the 16 GB black model and will come to the UK on November 14. Motorola invited press to a London event on November 13th. Like the X, the G will apparently also have switchable backplates, a 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 display, a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and come with JellyBean version of the Android Operating system. Here in the US the Moto X Moto Maker website has added Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile to the site, ending AT&T’s exclusivity over customization of the handset.

According to a new study by Sandvine, Netflix and YouTube account for over half of downstream prime-time Internet traffic in North America for the month of September. Netflix has over 30%, while YouTube is a bit under 20%. Facebook accounts for 1.31% of downstream traffic, beating out Hulu which has 1.29%.

German newspaper Der Spiegel reports the British GCHQ agency uses a “quantum insert” technique to target employees of two Global Romaing Exchange providers, which handle the interchange of vast amounts of mobile Internet traffic. GCHQ allegedly used the secret servers to serve spoofed versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot pages that delivered malware to targets. A similar attack was reported earlier this year to have been used against employees of OPEC.

Sony's released an unboxing video of the PlayStation 4. It's not your run of the mill unboxing in a white room, it's actually a parody of a Daft Punk video. A gloved individual removes several items from the box including a quick start guide, an HDMI cable, a DualShock 4 controller and the PS4 itself. The video closes revealing the gloved person to be Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida.

According to the latest edition of Ericsson’s Mobility Report smartphone subscriptions will reach 1.9 billion worldwide by the end of the year. By 2019 that number should triple and smartphone traffic will decople, that’s increase 10 times. Still smartphones only account of 25-30% of all mobile subscriptions. The expected tripling of subscriptions will be driven by smartphone adoption in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions.

YouTube's now requiring users to have a Google+ account to post comments and people aren't happy about it. YouTube co-creator Jawed Karim wrote a comment on his YouTube page wondering why he'd have to have a Plus account just to comment - although it's not known if Karim's account was hacked or it's a legitimate comment. A music video on YouTube is racking up views as well. It's entitled "My Thoughts on Google+," the song mocks Google+, Google's web design and its chorus rhymes with "Duck You, Google+"

Some of you love Blu-ray. Some of you are excited that the Xbox One will support Blu-ray. And some of you even love 3D on Blu-ray. Those last two may have to be separate groups fro awhile. Major Nelson confirmed 3D output on the Xbox One in May but Microsoft told CNET it will not ship with the capability though it could be added later on. Sony confirmed to Engadget that the PS4 will come with both 3D Bluray playback and 3D gameplay, though there aren’t any 3D game titles yet.

Over at the CrackBerry forums, a user posted pictures of a BlackBerry Z10 running the Google Play app store. It appears to be the app version of Google Play and not just the web interface. This is leading to speculation that the next version of BlackBerry's OS will support Google Play and its wealth of apps. However, some folks in the CrackBerry forums are calling out the images as fake.

- According to a study by Sandvine, Netflix is 31.6% of all downstream Internet traffic in North America during primetime hours in September- YouTube was 18.6%, that's up from 17.1% in March- Amazon video uses 1.6%, Hulu 1.3% - P2P traffic is down as well - now less than 10% of total daily traffic in North America. 5 years ago, it was over 31%- YouTube around the world: Europe 28.7% of downstream traffic, in Latin America 36.8%. Asia-Pacific 31.2%

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Amazon To Start Sunday Deliveries In LA, New York And London For Prime Customers

Amazon will partner with USPS to ship on Sunday- Must be Amazon Prime- Starting in Nov. 17 LA &NYC, (Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix targeted for 2014)- Shopping cart will indicate of Sunday shipping available- VP world-wide ops Dave Clark told WSJ: will use own trucks later this month in UKQ: Yay?

- Intel acquired Kno, an education-software company. - Kno’s apps can be accessed via its iPad, Android and Windows 7 and Windows 8 apps, - Kno's books include additional features for teachers to help students- TechCrunch reports that co-founder and CEO Osman Rashid will not join Intel, but everyone else will- Intel's blog post on the acquisition says Intel's working on creating an ecosystem of hardware, software and digital content for education- Intel Education already has made 10 and 7 inch Android tablets- The acquisition will also mean that Intel's digital content library will contain over 225,000 titles

- Flipboard updated its app on iOS and Android to include catalogs- It will allow users and companies to create shopping catalogs with red price tags that link directly where the item can be purchased- users and retailers can mix traditional articles and images in with the new product listings. - Clicking through on a price tag brings you to a regular web site where you'll still have to input your payment information- Flipboard doesn't handle the payments- A number of retailers, including Banana Republic, Fab, and ModCloth, are launching catalogs on Flipboard today that will take advantage of the new features

Q: What do you think of Flipboard's move and how long before they are handling payments?

How to create catalogs: Users can add products by browsing through Flipboard’s shopping category or by going through any commerce website to add things to their magazine, either through the app or the browser bookmarklet.

- Flipboard has 90 million users - company has seen 4.5 million magazines created by users

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Chris from Cleveland here, I am going to tie together all the seemingly unrelated cell phone stories from the past week and tell you why I AM excited for 4k and curved phone screens. The reason is Virtual Reality, specifically the Oculus Rift.

The Oculus rift currently uses phone screens for the dual displays. Imagine 2 curved 4K displays in an Oculus Rift. The 4k screen is SO CLOSE to your eyes the pixels do matter and the curved displays can extend naturally into your peripheral vision.Am I right?

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When the Xbox One launches on November 22nd, you'll be able to watch live TV, customize the TV guide to show SkyDrive folders appear as "channels," STREAM MEDIA THAT YOU HOST ON YOUR LOCAL PC USING XBOX MUSIC OR XBOX VIDEO, stream your skydrive media from the cloud, PLUG ANY HDMI DEVICE IN AND USE IT THROUGH THE XBOX ONE, and, for cord cutters, enable "app channels" so that you can browse Hulu, Netflix or even SkyDrive content. sounds pretty ok?

Want to get an inside look at the PS4? Well, Wired has an article for you. Sony's director of its mechanical engineering team in charge of the PS4 Yasuhiro Ootori took apart a PS4 over the course of an hour and half. Wired has a bunch of pictures of the first PS4 teardown. For you neat-freaks, you'll be glad to know that the PS4's power adapter is inside the console - there's no need for an external power brick.

Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft.’s chief executive officer, may consider making Office software programs like Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on a broad variety of smartphones and tablets, including Apple's and Google's, say people familiar with his thinking. Microsoft is shifting from software to focus on hardware and services, and searching for a new CEO after Steve Ballmer retires. Elop and Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally are both top candidates, for now.

Retuers reports that Edward Snowden used other people's login credentials to access some of the classified material he leaked to the press. Snowden may have used some social engineering to obtain the user names and passwords of over 20 NSA workers in the NSA regional operations center in Hawaii. Snowden told them he needed that information to do his job as a computer systems administrator.

The Google barge mystery is the gift that keeps on giving — when completed, it'll be an “unprecedented artistic structure,” sporting a dozen or so gigantic sails, to be moored for a month at a time at sites around the bay. Documents submitted to the Port of San Francisco show when it’s done, the barge will be a 50-foot-tall, 250-foot-long structure made of recycled shipping containers will be flanked by sails “reminiscent of fish fins, which will remind visitors that they are on a seaworthy vessel.”

Another Tesla Model S went up in flames on Wednesday. It is the third fire in the past five weeks for Tesla. The company says the fire wasn't spontaneous and was the result of an accident after the car hit road debris. So far, all three fires were chalked up to accidents. Tesla's stock price is also taking a beating. On Wednesday, its stock dropped about 14% on news of weak earnings. Thursday, it dropped another 7%.

Nvidia cofounder, president, and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang loves Android. He really really loves it! After announcing Nvidia's q3 financial results yesterday, Huang said "Android is the most disruptive operating system that we've seen in a few decades, in a couple of decades," ."The vast majority of Windows on ARM will be Surface," he said. "The vast majority of everything else on Tegra is Android." Pivoting into a post-PC word, Nvidia? Smart move.

Facebook's testing a new feature for business pages on the desktop version of Facebook -- star ratings. The star ratings were first reported by TechCrunch thanks to a tipster and Facebook has since confirmed the test. The company began collecting star ratings with the introduction of Nearby on mobile in early 2012. Facebook says the star ratings will "make it easier for people to discover great businesses around them."

The SD Association has just unveiled an Ultra High Speed Class 3 (U3) card format that handles 4k video. The spec guarantees write performance of at least 30 MB/s, or enough bandwidth to record 4K clips without hiccups. You'll have to wait for U3-capable devices and cards to begin shooting, but it shouldn't be long before you can produce footage worthy of your Ultra HD TV. Thanks, tech!

Gogo wireless, providers of in-flight WiFi, introduced a new technology that will allow smartphone users to make calls and send text messages as they normally would while in flight. Texts and calls are routed through the aircraft's wireless network in conjunction with Gogo's air-to-ground connection. For the user, your phone will remain in airplane mode because the phone won't be using a cellular connection. The calls are made possible using a Gogo app, which will be available for iOS and Android. A Windows Phone version is coming in the future.

- A lot of folks are getting hands on time with the Xbox One - MS even published a 12-minute tour of the Xbox One- ArsTechnica says that "Voice is the new controller" more so than the Xbox 360. Ars notes that voice controls are now a system-level process that runs in the background although they did find a slight pause in voice recognition of about 1/2 a second- Recognizing you: the Xbox One can log in a user automatically based on their visuals. After a 30-second process to log in to your MS account, Kinect builds a profile of you based on your face and skeletal model of your body- When you're recognized, the Xbox shows you your customized layout. If it recognizes someone else, that other person can say "Xbox, show my stuff" - Data is stored in the cloud, so you can have your stuff show up on any Xbox One (PR Manager Jose Pinero said Personal biometric data, on the other hand, is never uploaded on the cloud.)

- Skype on the Kinect - as someone in a room moves around, the Kinect follows that person around using software- Game DVR mode demoed - call out to Xbox to record, then you can edit right from the xbox. You can add a PIP with narration by recording from the Kinect- Watching TV: Xbox One Guide. If you've got cable, you can ask to see what's on certain channels. If you're a cord cutter, you can add apps as channels like the NFL or Hulu.

- Guy by name of "TradeFortress" who's the founder of a inputs.io, a company that used to store bitcoins in digital wallets for people across the globe, says “I don’t recommend storing any bitcoins accessible on computers connected to the internet.”. - what happened: inputs.io offered bitcoin wallets, then mixed the wallets up to anonymize the coins they stored, sped up bitcoin payments, & spared users from tiny transaction fees that are typically charged on the bitcoin network.- company stored bitcoins online. - site was compromised on Oct 23, and again on Oct. 26, and hackers made off with 4,100 bitcoins ($1.2 million) total. - The company notified customers of the incident, which only affects certain users. A small number of Bitcoins belonging to TradeFortress’s other business, CoinLenders, were also taken- Inputs.io can't pay everyone back, but TradeFortress says “I’m repaying with all of my personal Bitcoins- social engineering attack, attacker impersonated someone else to get access to the site’s systems on cloud-hosting provider Linode. “The attack was done through compromising a chain of email accounts which eventually allowed the attacker to reset the password for the the Linode server

- Bloomberg reports that Stephen Elop has some interesting plans for MS should he become the company's next CEO- First up: Office would be available for iOS and Android- Elop would probably move away from Microsoft’s strategy of using these programs to drive demand for its flagship Windows operating system - He would consider ending Microsoft Bing and selling Xbox if he determined they weren't critical to the company's strategy- Analyst Rick Sherlund said a combination of moves including the sale of Bing and Xbox could lift 2015 earnings by 40%

- Gogo has unveiled new service that allows phone calls & text message. Showed off Text & Talk technology to CNET aboard a private jet, departing from and returning to New Jersey's Newark International Airport.- utilizing the company's air-to-ground connectivity, calls and texts back on Earth are now routed through the aircraft's wireless network rather than in-flight cell towers, or "picocells."Users aboard commercial flights with Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi access can download a companion app (ios or android), which the company describes as an "extension" of the regular cellular network. This allows smartphone users to roam on the in-flight network as if they were connected to a land-based cell network.- The company has more than 6,000 Gogo-equipped aircraft, from American Airlines, Delta, United, and Virgin America.

- Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive about Beyond Broadband Technology- BBT has been granted a patent they say would provide "a totally secure communications path." It would use a "downloadable conditional access system"

Here's how it works:- A distributor or company sends the content or data to a consumer or company by wired line, the Internet or over the air.- An inexpensive pre-programmed computer chip inside the device receives the download and provides the only authorization needed. The user wouldn't even have to input a password- This system would not use a public/private key nor a trusted authority

- BBT doesn't manufacture the chips, but will provide an open system available to license - BBT's proposed pricing for a cable box system would be about $5 per unit. Cable cards cost about $35

Q: This appears to be a hardware-based DRM-scheme. Do you think this could catch on?

- Facebook testing displaying star ratings (like 1 out of 5), on Pages on the DESKTOP version, according to a TC source. Screenshots and live testing show that FB has turned on the star rating display for at least a small subsection of users- FB has been collecting star ratings from users on the desktop and via local search already, and also seeking star ratings on content and apps via Timelinea. What is new is making this information explicitly displayed on the social network itself, in a prominent place on a business or place Page.- as TC article points out - Comments provide some sense of sentiment around a Page, but the five-star system threads the needle between ease-of-use, information and digestibility, compared to both the Like and text comments. And as Facebook moves to become a platform geared towards providing public information, as well as real-time interactivity around media like TV, offering more granularity around how its users feel about people, places and things makes a lot of sense.

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As you may know Joss Whedon has taken the inspiration for the Marvel Movies from the Ultimate Marvel Storyline, and while the Avengers are seen as the primer heroes, the characters to be featured in the upcoming series also play a key part of the background and in one storyline the Defenders take over the role of premier crime fighters when the avengers break up.

What is also key is that all the characters operate in Hell's kitchen, New York so there should be crossovers between the shows and this can be seen as the ground game for our fearless leader Joss Whedon's Phase 3 of his grand plan for the Marvel Universe.

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Twitter stock launched on the NYSE today. Shares were sold at IPO of $26. Those investors made quick money if they sold as they stock opened at $45.10 shot up to $50 and seems to have leveled off in the mid-40s. For comparison Facebook IPO was $38. It shot up to only $45 on its first day then plummeted well below IPO for more than a year. Twitter is not expected to be profitable until 2015.

A fire whose origin is still unknown destroyed the book, film and microfilm scanning center located next door to Internet Archive's office in San Francisco. While power interruptions caused some outages on archive.org, staffers say no data has been lost, and no one was hurt. The current estimated value of scanning equipment lost in the fire is $600,000, and a call is out for donations to help rebuild the scanning facility.

Microsoft wants you to stop, collaborate and listen -- well mostly collaborate because now Office 365 supports the ability for multiple people to see each other edit the same document. The feature is now live on the web versions of PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. Word also gets continual autosave, so you won't have to worry about losing your changes.

Google’s finally admitting they have secret barges in Portland, Maine and San Francisco Bay. A spokesperson told TechCrunch, “Although it’s still early days and things may change, we’re exploring using the barge as an interactive space where people can learn about new technology.” Yes from private country with a party deck to ‘interactive space.’ Way to douse our barge party with cold water Google. Apparently Google isn't even allowed by law to talk about wild parties. Sarah?

Google was ordered by a Paris court to filter nine images linked to 73-year old former Formula One president Max Mosley in a lawsuit seeking to block search results referring to a “Nazi-themed” sex party. Mosley was awarded 1 euro in damages by the court in a dispute that goes back to 2008 - Mosley originally won a 60,000-pound breach-of-privacy award in a U.K. court from News Corp.’s now-defunct News of the World for publishing the Nazi-themed “orgy” story. A judge ruled there was no Nazi theme and the story wasn’t in the public interest.. Google called the latest ruling “troubling."

According to 9to5Mac's sources, Apple is getting its stores ready to replace and repair parts for the iPhone 5S and 5C. The old Apple model was you bring in a busted phone, they charge you for a whole new one. The repair program will cover several components such as the rear camera and the screen. AppleCare customers get the repairs for free, but something like a touch screen repair will cost about $150 if you're not covered.

Netflix and Marvel announced 4 new 13-episode live-action series and a miniseries coming to Netflix starting in 2015. The first series will follow blind attorney Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, followed by series about Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, all taking place in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of NYC. Those 4 series will culminate in a mini-series called “The Defenders” about a dream team of self-sacrificing heroes.

Say hello to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti – a new gaming card that's a bulked up version of the GTX 780. It'll go for $699 in the US. Nvidia claims a performance bump of around 12% over the GTX 780, and 25% more GPU cores over the GTX 780. There's also 4GB of GDDR5 on-board memory, and the card features Nvidia's G-SYNC tech, which synchronises the monitor's refresh rate to the GPU's render rate meaning that images appear the instant they are rendered, for smoother gameplay.

The New York Times reports AT&T charges the CIA $10 million a year for access to metadata about calls by suspected terrorists overseas. AT&T performs searches for specific phone numbers in its database, which includes all calls that transit AT&T’s line whether an AT&T customer or not. The system is not under warrant since it focuses on overseas calls. If one end of a call is located in the US, AT&T masks that metadata. AT&T voluntarily provides the data as a paid service.

Hey, want to make some money? There's a new program called the "Internet Bug Bounty" by HackerOne that will pay you to tell them about bugs in things like PHP, Perl, Rails, and Open SSL. The Internet Bug Bounty is backed by Facebook and Microsoft along with help from Chrome and Etsy. The vulnerabilities must meet several criteria including being novel and be widespread to collect cash.

- Square has held discussions with banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley about 2014 IPO, person familiar with the matter tells WSJ. No bank has been hired and the timing of a deal could change- Jack Dorsey is Square CEO and co-founder, also co-founded Twitter & still chairman of Twitter's board- sales approaching $1B in 2014, according to an internal projection sources shared w WSJ. Rev represents what Square takes from around $30B in total transactions it expects to process next year (70% to 80% of Square’s revenue gets kicked back to credit card companies)- Sales will be about $550M this year on total payment volume of around $20B. After cc companies get paid, net revenue closer to $110M-$165M.- Dorsey has said company does not turn profit, but new exec team seems in line w future: Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar, who was hired from Salesforce.com, David Viniar, a former Goldman Sachs CFO, joined Square’s board last week, Square poached Gokul Rajaram, advertising executive, from FB, to oversee point-of-sale services for local merchants.

Square now has: hardware: card readers, which plug into smartphones and tablets and let vendors quickly process payments for a flat rate, POS kiosks that hook into cash drawer, mobile “wallet” software that lets customers pay without using a credit card, money transfer via email, Square "merchant store" where ppl can buy goods. q: anyone have a good reason Square should NOT IPO?

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- Pebble just got some updates- First up: iOS app now allows for all application notifications like the Android version. Up until now, iOS users only received texts, email notifications and incoming call info- Any app set to banner mode notification in iOS 7 will appear on your Pebble- Second: a new SDK v2.0 out today. It gives developers access to the Pebble's built-in accelerometer, log data, and have the watch store data when not connected to a phone. BT LE now active- New apps coming: Foursquare app for checking in, a Yelp app showing local attractions, and a GoPro app that acts like a remote for video recording. - The Pebble watch still only stores eight apps at a time- Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky suggested in a briefing with CNET that a fitness app could, for instance, store up to "days" of data.

Q: Does the promise of more apps make you want to get a Pebble smartwatch?

- google spokesperson gives statement to TC: "Google Barge … A floating data center? A wild party boat? A barge housing the last remaining dinosaur? Sadly, none of the above. Although it’s still early days and things may change, we’re exploring using the barge as an interactive space where people can learn about new technology."- barges in Portland, Maine & San Francisco. 4 total. floating structures that comprise shipping containers, which Google has a history of using in its data centers. structures have large windows cut in them, which could form a presentation space. - A report by The Los Angeles Times noted that many reporters were looking at the wrong SF lease...correct lease’s purpose is the “fabrication of a special event structure and art exhibit only and for no other purpose.”

Marvel - Netflix 4 original live-action series (13 eps.) beginning 2015- Daredevil first, followed by Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage- All capped by mini-series "The Defenders" a "team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters." Set in Hell’s Kitchen.- Marvel Entertainment president Alan Fine: “This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want”- Netflix gets exclusive rights to Disney in 2016

- Intel set up a new business division aimed at making money on connected devices- It's called the "Internet of Things Group" and it includes includes the Wind River business unit which formerly was part of Intel's datacenter division.- Doug Davis, a long time veteran of Intel embedded groups, is the general manger who reports directly to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich- Its main products will be Atom and Quark SoCs - The IoT group will focus on most embedded markets including industrial automation, retail, aerospace, and automotive. - The new group will create more complete software stacks and platforms for its Atom and Quark SoCs using Wind River, McAfee, and other assets

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It seems like one minor change would make the plan more viable... Allow exclusivity until the cost of install is recouped. This would offset initial costs and allow the company doing the install to establish themselves as the default option, prior to opening the pipe.

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Reuters reports sources say Microsoft has narrowed its list of CEO candidates to about five people. ON the list to replace Steve Ballmer are Ford’s Alan “I’m not leaving Ford but I’m not going to explicitly rule out Microsoft” Mulally and the itinerant former Nokia CEO and even more formerly Microsoft VP Stephen Elop. Internal candidate include former Skype CEO Tony Bates and head of cloud and enterprise Satya Nadella. While the list is shorter now, Reuters insiders say the decision will still take a couple more months to make. So maybe no new CEO for Christmas.

My crystal ball says that within about two years, Samsung will unveil phones and other devices with foldable displays. Actually Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun presented a slideshow in Seoul, Korea showing the company's display technology timeline for the next few years, which got picked up by blog site Sammy Hub. The recently introduced Galaxy Round is simply curved, but devices with bendable displays are due out in 2014, and foldable screens, to debut around the end of 2015.

For the first time, Apple published a report detailing how many government information requests it received. The U.S. government requested data between 1000 and 2000 times on 2000 to 3000 accounts. Apple disclosed data for 0 to 1000 of those accounts. These numbers may seem vague and that's why Apple will file an Amicus brief at the Ninth Circuit court to support a case for "greater transparency with respect to National Security Letters." The rest of the world asked Apple for information about 719 times.

Everybody’s getting Gigabit. We wish. Mississippi is though. 9 finalists for the rollout of C Spir’es gigabit service were announce Tuesday. That service will run $80 a month when it arrives. Meanwhile Los Angeles announced it will take bids for a company to rollout gigabit fiber to every citizen and business in the city. The winning bidder will get to provide free Internet access at 2-5Mbps, and pay at least three billion dollars to roll it out plus be required to resell access to competitors. Sweet deal!

Early next year Google will start linking Google+ profile pictures to mobile phone numbers. Google accounts that have a verified phone number will be automatically opted in and linked to the associated Google+ account. So, anyone using Android to call, or receive a call, from a number linked to a Google+ account will see a profile image automatically without the need to have contact information stored.

Remember remember the 5th of November 2013 because that's the day the price of bitcoin hit an all-time record high of $267.40 on Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange. The last record high for Bitcoin was back in April at $266, which was then followed by a huge crash in its value. The new record high is due in part to an increased demand for Bitcoin in China.

EA announced the game Need for Speed Rivals will release early for the PS4 on Nov. 15 right along with the console. Originally both PS4 and Xbox versions were to launch on Nov. 22 with the release of the Xbox One. And so more advantages slip through Microsoft’s fingers.

Following analysis of the company’s Taiwanese suppliers, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White said in a research note that Apple sales in October rose by approximately 11 percent month-over-month, on the heels of new iPhone 5S, the iPad Air, and new Macs. White says "we believe this October will prove to be the strongest in the history of our Apple Barometer.” This sets Apple up for a first fiscal quarter of 2014, and traditionally its biggest quarter of the year.

Activision announced it has shipped $1 billion worth of Call of Duty: Ghosts to retail worldwide, as of the first day of public availability. That’s shipped not sold, so we’re waiting on the actual sell-through numbers. The last CoD, Black Ops II sold $1billion in 15 days. Ghosts will get a boost when the PS4 launches on Nov. 15 and of course Xbox One Nov. 22.

Amazon started a new program called Amazon Source that will let independent bookstores sell Kindle devices and accessories. The program also gives those retailers a 10% cut on every ebook bought on those devices for two years. Amazon hopes to entice bookstores into giving the program a try by offering a "worry-free trial" that will allow retailers to return the first order they place through Amazon Source within six months if the program doesn't work out for them.

- Reuters reports that MS has whittled down its CEO list from 40 to about a handful- Top names still include Ford CEO Alan Mulally, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. Internally, MS is looking at Skype CEO Tony Bates (now head of MS business development), & Satya Nadella, head of MS cloud and enterprise- Reuters couldn't scrounge up the other names- MS didn't comment and a Ford rep said "Alan remains fully focused on continuing to make progress on our One Ford plan. We do not engage in speculation."

Q: The news is that the list has shortened - any surprises as to candidates?

Background on would-be MS heads:- Mulally: in charge of Ford, didn't need a federal bailout- Elop: ran MS business division before jumping to Nokia- Bates: was CEO of Skype, which MS bought- Nadell: executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.

- Larry Dignan wrote a piece on why these leaked names are poor choices- Mulalley: potential long leraning curve- Elop: he didn't save Nokia, good luck w/MS- Bates: interesting, but could Bates manage something as large as MS (thinks he's the best choice)- Satya Nadella: interesting, but same issue as Bates - could he handle the huge MS

Samsung analyst day in Seoul. 2nd ever, 1st in 8 years- Exynos coming with Samsung 64-bit core designed by Samsung not ARM (similar to Apple and Qualcomm - ARM instruction set but not ARM core)- 2014 will see AMOLEDs w/560ppi WQHD (2560 x 1440) and 2015 will bring 4K (3840 x 2106) smartphones- Coined term ‘fonblet’ which appears to be a phablet with handwriting recognition?- curved display, check, Bendable displays 2014 Foldable displays in two years

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- speaking onstage at the GigaOM Roadmap conf in SF: Jonah Jones, a user experience designer at Google, & Bernhard Seefeld, a product manager for Google Maps. - said past decade has been spent on digitizing all of the existing paper maps. now map designers can add more detail that customizes the experience based on location and other signals about a user.- “When we combine the location with the other data we have, we can actually build a new map for every purpose or every location — a very specific map that no one has ever seen and won’t be there again because it was just created for this one purpose.”- when users zoom out on a map, only some locations & businesses highlighted. Google used to choose which business or feature was more important. But by considering the locations a user has either checked into or searched for, Google could change or re-rank the labels so that users would see the ones that are most important to them.- Google may not even need to show you a map — it may know that you are at the airport, and so it can show you flight times without even requiring you to search. Your location actually becomes almost like a search query

LA issuing RFP: "that would require fiber to be run to every residence, every business, and every government entity within the city limits of Los Angeles," - LA IT agency GM Steve Renker told AT- Cost of $3 to $5 billion. All paid by vendor- Free access 2-5 Mbps, paid access up to 1Gbps. WiFi in public areas- Network would be required to sell wholesale access- RFP favors companies who can operate cellular service and data hosting- Google fiber wouldn’t fit because business access required- Company gets return in city contract plus selling triple play etc.Q: huh?

- Speaking to IGN, Valve’s Greg Coomer said, “you won’t see an exclusive killer app for SteamOS from us. We’re not going to be doing that kind of thing.”- The same will apply to third-party titles- Valve's Anna Sweet told IGN that Valve encourages third-party partners to put their games in as many places as possible, including other platforms- She said it would go against Valve's "whole philosophy, to launch something that’s exclusive to SteamOS or Steam machines.”- Valve doesn't want to create artificial barriers according to Coomer- He did note that small, independent studios who only have the resources to focus on one platform may inevitably make games that only run on SteamOS, “but that’s a very different thing.”

- i.TV (video discovery serv. based in Provo, UT) has acquired GetGlue- The acquisition not yet officially announced but TC reports it's all-stock deal. GetGlue raised $24M since being founded, had deal worth $70M fall through earlier this year.- started as Foursquare-like check-ins to TV shows, users shared what they were watching socially. then pivoted to a TV discovery platform.- Last year, GetGlue agreed to be acquired by social TV competitor Viggle, if Viggled could secure additional funding from outside investors. It didn't, deal died- i.TV launched in 08, connects mobile and tablet users with TV and streaming content. had launched a few versions of an app that provided streaming video option info, & a remote control for traditional TV. made deals w Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post TV and AOL TV — to power navigation and discovery of videos on their apps. last year got deal to power video discovery for Nintendo’s Wii U

q: is second-screen tech doomed.. or ahead of its time?

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I was listening to the show the other day and Netflix was mentioned. Your guest, David Hewlett, mentioned that we have moved beyond waiting each week for a new episode of our favourite TV show. That got me thinking that a daily soap opera might be perfect for Netflix. They could easily publish a back catalogue of a cancelled soap, Guiding Light or As The World Turns, then start it up again publishing daily. Cost could be an issue but if the format was changed to a 30 minute show with fewer plot lines in the "webisode" style it could work.

In my mind this could draw a new audience to Netflix, and increase daily viewer ship since subscribers would want to tune in daily to get their fix they may either login early and watch another show or stay logged in to watch additional shows.

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Your discussion of Google Helpouts mentioned the fact that if you need to be available 5 minutes after being contacted. If that's the case, then this service isn't really intended for single user advice giver, but instead for large corporations that have many possible experts to answer your question.

I think this is probably going to end up being used as a replacement to all the websites that have a "click here to contact a live representative" -- Instead of maintaining the system yourself, your business can pay Google a fee, and have all the infrastructure for queue management and video management and small finance issues taken care of for you. All you need to provide is the call center workers with knowledge of your product. The Beta product is the "anyone can help" - the money maker would be call centers.... the teens getting makeup advice from Sephora are beta-testing the real product, and giving Google real world examples of how well it works.

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Let’s start off with Snow leaks. Snowden fallout? Crawl into the snow den? Anyway three leaks. Italy’s l’Espresso reports the UK’s GCHQ and US NSA, tap the Net from Britain’s Ayios Nikolaos intelligence station on Cyrpus. Cyprus is a hub of several fiber-optic undersea cables. Leak 2, from the UK’s Independent reports, probably not that surprisingly, that the GCHQ and NSA spy on the Net from diplomatic buildings, most interesting to Angela Merkel, in Berlin. And leak 3 is a follow-up. NSA Director Keith B. Alexander denied the NSA had access to Google or Yahoo servers, neatly skirting the question of taps on fiber. The Post responded with more details that the NSA does access Google and Yahoo’s internal data center communications. And that’s your Snowden leak roundup. Let it Snowden!

Google Helpouts, Hangout-like video chats where experts are matched with people looking to gain knowledge or level up a particular skill, has launched, and Google's calling it “real help from real people in real time.” Helpouts uses your Google+ identity, Wallets payment features, and Hangout’s video technology to service its marketplace of providers. Google has assembled a collection about 1 thousand brands, like Sephora for cosmetic tips, and individuals so that the serivce is up and running from day 1.

The Jeff Bezos biography titled "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon" is the subject of a one-star review at Amazon.com. Normally, that wouldn't be news, but the review is written by Jeff Bezos' wife, MacKenzie Bezos, who says the book is full of inaccuracies. She also says the book ignores positive aspects about Amazon to build a more dramatic book. The author, Brad Stone, says he spoke to 300 people to create his work and said of the review " there are details of this story that only Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos can know. If they point to errors, I'll gladly correct them." Amazon VP of Global Communications Craig Berman gave a statement to TechCrunch and said "By beginning with 'Bezos said,' [Stone] obligates himself to get it right."

Verizon announced its own branded tablet called the Ellipsis 7. Specs are light but the 7-inch Android tablet has some kind of HD screen, LTE, a front-facing camera and goes on sale November 7th for $250. That’s right for $30 more than a Nexus 7 you can get a vaguely-specced Jelly Bean tablet probably made by FoxConn or Quanta that comes with RedBox pre-installed!

Nike's Nike+ Move app has launched, which takes advantage of the iPhone 5S's M7 motion coprocessor. Specifically, the app harnesses data from the M7 chip to "capture your every move," turning the information into "Nike Fuel," a unit of measurement the company uses to track daily activity levels. Nike Fuel is used in a range of products, including the Nike FuelBand SE wearable fitness tracker.

Apple's bringing jobs to Mesa, Arizona in the form of a manufacturing facility. The endeavor is in partnership with GT Advanced Technologies, a mineral crystal specialist, and will make sapphire materials for Apple products. All in all, 2,000 jobs will be created - 700 in manufacturing and 1300 in construction.

Acer chairman and CEO J. T. Wang announced he will step down from the post of CEO as of January 1st. Acer reported a net loss of $446 million in Q3 and plans to cut 7% of its global staff. Acer’s PC sales dropped 35%. The PC market is not rising as a whole, though Dell, HP and Lenovo all experience growth in the their most recent quarters.

T-Mobile reported third-quarter subscriber growth that beat the street, its second straight quarter of growth after four years of customer losses. T-Mobile US, which is 74% owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, has been vocal in criticizing its bigger rivals in its marketing and positioning itself as more consumer-friendly. It added 648,000 net subscribers in the quarter, compared with the average expectation for 444,000 subscribers, according to seven analysts contacted by Reuters.

A couple years ago HTC decided it had to make a Hero phone to get back on top. Since that didn’t work, now HTC says it will cut operating expenses by around 25% and focus on selling cheaper handsets. HTC confirmed a Q3 net loss of NT$3 billion, its first ever quarterly loss. How can they make more money while selling cheaper phones? Volume! CFO Chialin Chang told Reuters, ““We’re looking at broader products in this quarter… we aim for higher volume into 2014 that will give better profitability.”

And rounding out earnings-palooza - AOL reported its third quarter results. The good news: revenue was up thanks to better advertising sales. The bad news: earnings fell due to issues with AOL property Patch. AOL took a $19 million restructuring charge and a $25 million impairment charge on Patch. That made earnings per share for AOL only two cents. Without the charge, EPS would have been 55 cents.

Google Helpouts - you pay an expert to help you over a hangout- Not first by far but leverages Google’s video tech with big data backend for curation- Uses G+ ID, Hangout video and wallet for payment- At launch 1,000 brands including Sephora, Sears. Right now Google approves every provider, though anyone can sign up.- Providers get alert on PC or text messages when needed (answer in 5 mins. or free)- Price free to $150 any amount of minutes. Sessions can be scheduled or immediateQ: ambitious but is it useful?

- Dropbox acquired the nine person team behind Sold- Sold made an iOS & Android app that helped people sell things. It included a pricing calculator that would determine the price of the item. Sold then handled the selling, the shipping, and the payment.- TechCrunch reports that Sold's algorithms crawled top e-commerce sites to find a price and Sold said that its prices were 43% higher than that of Gazelle.- The app & service will shut down as the team joins Dropbox- Sold co-founder Tony DeVincenzi says the former Sold team will create a new team within Dropbox that will create a "a new Dropbox product."

Q: What kind of product do you think Dropbox is working on with the Sold team?

Dropbox Acquisitions:- Mailbox- Audiogalaxy- Snapjoy: lets users aggregate, archive and view all of their digital photos from their cameras, phones and popular apps like Flickr, Instagram and Picasa, and then view them online or via an iOS app. http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/19/dropbox-acquires-snapjoy-and-puts-photos-into-its-focus/

- Endorse, a shopping loyalty app (helped brands like Nabisco to make offers directly to customers that they could redeem at retail stores.) http://allthingsd.com/20130720/dropbox-acquires-shopping-loyalty-appmaker-endorse/

- Viddy had huge growth on the back of Facebook Open Graph, raised a ton of money — social traffic didn't last - series of executive departures, layoffs. smaller team now building products again.- team of about 12 newly re-branded Supernova, still supporting the Viddy app. upload multiple videos from the camera roll, assemble them into creative vignette, has Viddy seeing higher engagement and retention rates over the last few months. September monthly active users were higher than in August, and October’s were about three times larger than they were six months earlier.- slow motion video-sharing app called Epic. newest iPhones, the app will capture two seconds of video at 120 fps, and stretch that out to eight seconds of video at 30 frames per second. For older phones, it’ll do four seconds at 60 fps, slowing video down by about half.

other app: Clique allows users to participate in image-based messaging with their friends. users able to share images with one another. Others in the group can then build on those messages by adding stickers, scribbles, or text to them.the whole thing is anonymous. So you might know all the members of the group, but you won’t know who’s posted which message. guessing gameq: does either sound like game-changer, or just what a co. does while it's still a co?

Pew Research Center study- 16% of US adults use Twitter (8% get news there)- 30% of US adults get news on Facebook- ~ half of Twitter news consumers are between 18 and 29 years old, 40 percent have at least a bachelor's degree, and 48 percent are likely to earn more than $75,000 a year.- 85% of Twitter new consumers get news on mobile compared to 40% gen. pop.- Twitter posts were analyzed for the information shared, sentiments expressed and ebb and flow of interest.- Twitter sentiment often doesn’t match gen. pop.Q: So is Twitter as news source a myth, or a plaything of the young smart and rich?

- StreamNation just updated its service to 2.0- What StreamNation is: it lets you store your photos and videos online and share them with friends- What sets it apart is that StreamNation invites you to upload your ripped videos- The service is headed up by Jonathan Benassaya, who was also a co-founder of music streaming service Deezer- When someone watches a video that you've uploaded, no one else can watch that video at the same time. - Benassaya says they've "recreated physical borrowing in digital, with [the] same restrictions." He also says, there's no copy involved, so you're not distributing multiple copies. - Streamnation even makes your ripped vids pretty by pulling in metadata and poster art- $4/month, 100GB. $9.99 per month for 500GB of storage. $14/month for 1TB, $19 for unlimited

- iOS app catching up to Android. iPhone 4S or later can say “OK Google” to begin a voice search, much like what users have been able to do with Google Now on Android devices - 3.1.0 now includes notifications for upcoming events, flights and public transit. notifications for delayed flights, how long you have to catch the last train, upcoming appointment reminders. also set reminders within app- users can now set reminders for when their favorite musicians, tv shows, actors or celebrities are releasing new content or appear in headlines. There are also new cards in the app that display info for movie and event tickets, boarding passes, reservation confirmation for rental cars, public transit and upcoming events.

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From November 3 to November 9, Target is running an in-store promotion for its trade-in program that provides customers with a gift card worth at least $200 for any iPad, including low value first-generation models.

Think about it:1. Its built by Google X2. Entry is by invite only3. Its being personally directed by Sergey Brin.4. And its made of interchangeable shipping containers, i.e. new container for new experiments.

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BlackBerry has concluded its sale and the buyer is nobody. Instead the company will borrow $1 billion from investors led by former would-be purchaser Fairfax Financial who will chip in $250 million. Thorsten Heins will step down as CEO and board member. Former SyBase CEO John Chen will take over as executive chairman of the board and interim CEO. Fairfax had until today to finalize its bid to buy BlackBerry. Fairfax chief Prem Watsa will now return to BlackBerry’s board as a lead director.

Well into its initial public offering roadshow, Twitter has issued another update to its S-1 today: the company was recently issued a letter from IBM alleging that Twitter infringes on “at least three U.S. patents” held by IBM, “inviting us to negotiate a business resolution of the allegations.” Twitter has also raised its IPO estimate to $23-25 per share, up from the previous $17-20 — which is a sign of Twitter’s confidence that it’s expecting a strong turnout when it lists, despite potential patent wars.

The FAA relaxed its rules on when you can use electronics on airplanes, so Amazon is throwing everyone a deal. Amazon is offering a one-day only "Thank You, FAA" sale today. If you buy a Kindle on November 4th, you'll get 15% off if you use the promo code "ThnksFAA" at checkout. The offer applies to the Kindle, the Kindle Fire HD and the Fire HDX.

Google Glass, still an experimental piece of hardware don’t forget, has taken a step towards user-friendliness. Instead of having to visit a Google office to get in-person instruction on using the device, new Glass owners invited in by friends can have the glasses shipped to them but will still be invited to a Google + hangout to take them through the setup process and get a little lesson in the history of Glass.

You know what improves the capacity and efficiency of hard drives? Helium! Western Digital has announced that its HGST subsidiary has begun shipping the new 6-terabyte Ultrastar He6 hard drive, a model that seals the spinning disk platters inside a hermetic chamber filled with helium instead of air. Helium has just one-seventh the density of air, so it reduces the turbulence caused by spinning disks and the heads that constantly move above them to read and write data. That translates to lower power consumption and less waste heat in the data centers that use these drives. How much less? Western Digital said the power used per terabyte drops 49 percent.

Apple's lost a top iOS engineer. Henry Lamiraux is retiring from his position as iOS Engineering Vice President. Lamiraux was in charge of developing the apps that come with iOS. He was with Apple since 1990.

Windows Phone is more popular than iOS in Italy according to July-September numbers from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Microsoft’s share is made up almost entirely by Nokia phones and has risen to 9.2% of sales in Europe’s five major markets of UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Research firm Counterpoint kept the good news flowing for Nokia as the manufacturer passed Motorola to take 4th place in worldwide smartphone shipments for the third quarter at 4.4%. Apple and Samsung are neck and neck at the top with about 34% each followed by LG at 8.6%.

Samsung has agreed to license Nokia patents for five more years, and has agreed to pay Nokia additional compensation starting Jan. 1, according to a statement from Nokia today. The amount will be settled in a binding arbitration expected to be concluded in 2015. The previous agreement was set to close at the end of this year. After agreeing to sell its handset division to Microsoft back in September, Nokia's largest business going foward is network equipment, and generating licensing income from its patents.

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in a class action suit against Facebook. The company has agreed to pay $9.5 million in the suit which alleged the defunct “Beacon” ad service violated users’ privacy rights. Four members of the class disagreed with the settlement and appealed to the supreme court. The court’s decision not to hear the case means the settlement is now final.

Pictures of Valve's prototype Steam Machines have hit the internet. What does it look like? A small black rectangular pizza box PC with a big circle on one side of the front along with two USB ports. Another picture shows the Steam box in white. These prototypes were built using off the shelf computer parts. So, the final product will probably look a little different. The Steam Machines are expected to be shown off at CES in January.

BlackBerry no longer for sale, will raise $1 billion in convertible notes- Fairfax had until today to make good on letter of intent - will contribute 250 million to fund raising- Thorsten Heins replaced as CEO John Chen (formerly Sybase) will become executive chairman of board and interim CEO- David Kerr and Heins will step down from board. Prem Watsa (Fairfax) rejoins board as lead director and Chair of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee.- All expected in 2-4 weeks

John Chen in 2010 InfoWorld interview about turnaround of SyBase“And that's why we invest in messaging; that's why we invest in how to channel content. That's why we invest in how you manage devices; that's why we invest in all the encrypting of that information that goes over the airwaves. And that's why we invest in analytics, and that's how it ties back to what our core strength has been.” Q: So now what?

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IBM Claims Twitter Infringes On At Least 3 Of Its Patents, According To Twitter’s Latest S-1 Update

- another update to its S-1 today: Twitter issued with a letter from IBM alleging that Twitter infringes on “at least three U.S. patents” held by IBM, “inviting us to negotiate a business resolution of the allegations.” - patents in question: U.S. Patent No. 6,957,224: Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators; U.S. Patent No. 7,072,849: Method for presenting advertising in an interactive service; and U.S. Patent No. 7,099,862: Programmatic discovery of common contacts.- Twitter ready to defend itself. “We believe we have meritorious defenses to IBM’s allegations, although there can be no assurance that we will be successful in defending against these allegations or reaching a business resolution that is satisfactory to us,” the company writes.- “Many companies in these industries, including many of our competitors, have substantially larger patent and intellectual property portfolios than we do, which could make us a target for litigation as we may not be able to assert counterclaims against parties that sue us for patent, or other intellectual property infringement,” it writes

- also raised its IPO estimate to $23-25 per share, up from the previous $17-20 — a sign of confidence when it lists. still expects to offer 70 million in shares.

q: just a little IPO warfare? or troubling for Twitter partners/devs down the road?

Tesco's scanning your face- Tesco will target ads for people buying gas at its stations using face-scanning- So if you're getting gas at a Tesco, a camera will be on you which will then be used to identify your gender and approximate age- Once that's figured out, you'll see an ad targeted to you- Tesco says it will rollout this system at all 450 of its locations- Tesco says "No data or images are collected or stored and the system does not use eyeball scanners or facial-recognition technology" The length of someone's hair could be used to figure out gender

- latest report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showing data for the three months ending in September 2013, Windows Phone has overtaken iOS in Italy and now makes up one in 10 smartphone sales across five major European markets – the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.- Windows Phone’s progress is driven “almost entirely” by Nokia sales — as it continues to progress rapidly in Europe. For the last three months ending in August, Windows Phone-based devices accounted for 9.2 percent of smartphone sales in the same five markets.- Nokia has also been showing signs of growth in emerging markets, in particular Latin America. Given that Nokia has dominated in Latin America for many years, and the majority of consumers in the region still own a Nokia featurephone, Kantar says that “upgrading to an entry level Lumia is a logical next step.”

In the UK, Windows Phone-based devices make up 11.4 percent of the market, though Android remains top dog with 58.4 percent while Apple’s iOS has dipped by 1.0 percentage point to 27 percent. However, Kantar notes though that Apple’s share is expected to bounce back “strongly” over the Christmas season due to its new iPhones.- different story in china: Android devices account for a staggering 81.1 percent of the Chinese market, up 14.6 percentage points from last year — and domestic smartphone makers make up 44 percent of sales in the three months to September 2013, compared with 30 percent a year earlierq: beginning of win phone surge, thx to nokia?

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Nov. 15 - Alpha House “four misfit US senators who rent a house together in Washington DC,” (written by Garry Trudeau produced Elliot Webb and Jonathan Alter and stars John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy and Mark Consuelos)

Nov. 22 - “ Betas, a show about four friends who want to launch a new mobile social networking app in Silicon Valley” (written by Evan Endicott and Josh Stoddard stars Joe Dinicol, Karan Soni, Jon Daly, Charlie Saxton, and Maya Erskine directed and produced by Michael Lehmann produced by Alan Freedland, Alan Cohen and Michael London)

- Netflix is testing 4K video in its streaming service- The company added a total of seven videos and consists of footage that Netflix regularly uses for internal tests - A Netflix spokesperson says the company "hopes to launch Ultra HD next year"- That statement echos what Reed Hastings said on the company's most recent earnings call that Netflix wants to be “one of the big suppliers of 4k next year.”

Q: can Netflix's eventual adoption of 4K actually spur 4K TV sales?

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On Tuesday's episode 871, Tom was wondering why anyone used travel agents anymore. We use the aggregators to find the lowest price, then print it out and take it in to our travel agency. They have always matched the price, and what is more valuable, is one phone number to call. If you have ever tried to solve a problem on your own with a hotel, airline, or resort, it can sometimes take hours if you get resolution at all. When a travel agency, that could potentially be representing thousands of recommendations makes the call, things get sorted out in minutes. At least, that has been our experience. Keep up the great work!

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The new iPad Air went on sale today in 42 countries, making it Apple’s widest tablet launch yet. Prices in the US start at $499, per usual. Because no pre-orders were allowed, several Apple stores had customers lining up to buy the new tablet. The new retina iPad Mini goes on sale later this month though no date has been set.

Remember last year when the "Rockstar" consortium backed by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony and Ericsson closed its purchase of thousands of former Nortel patents for $4.5 billion? The team agreed to license the tech on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms." According to Reuters, Rockstar -- along with another company, Netstar -- has now filed a lawsuit against Google over seven of the patents, reportedly covering the ability to match internet search terms to advertising. Other companies targeted include Android-device-makers Samsung, LG, ASUS, HTC, Pantech, ZTE and Huawei.

I feel like the boy who cried wolf, but this time it's true. The Nexus 5 was listed on the Google Play store and it was on purpose! You could actually buy a 16GB model for $349 or a 32GB model for $399. For specs, all those leaks were pretty much right. The Nexus 5 comes in black and white, supports LTE, has a 1080p 4.95-inch screen and is powered by a 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. Original shipping times were 3-5 days. As of this morning, the 16GB model is sold out for the time being and the 32GB version ships in 2-3 weeks.

Google launched its Kit Kat version of Android 4.4 Thursday with Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and AppsSundar Pichai promising “you have one version of the operating system which will run across all versions of Android smartphones.” How’s that shake out? It ships on the Nexus 5, and Kit Kat will come soon to the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will not receive the Kit Kat update. Engadget says its sources say this is because of the TI Chipset, which TI no longer supports. HTC told Engadget the Google Play edition of the HTC One will get Kit Kat in 15 days, other unlocked versions in 30 days and all HTC Ones in 90 days. Motorola published a list of its phones that will get Kit Kat including Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, Droid Mini and the Moto X but gave no timeframe.

The contents of Google's San Francisco barge have been revealed. Local CBS station KPIX 5 reports multiple sources confirm most of the barge's space will be taken up by luxury showrooms for the company's upcoming Google Glass headset, while the top floor of the barge will be a "party deck." The project is under the oversight of Google co-founder and Google X leader Sergey Brin, and the plan is to "upstage" Apple's retail stores with the "dazzling" and unusual showrooms.

Comcast donates to Seattle mayoral candidate. Sounds like a boring story, right? Wrong! Current Seattle mayor Mick McGinn is behind a public/private initiative that would bring the city inexpensive internet with speeds up to 1Gbps for $80/month. McGinn was asked on a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything what would happen to that fiber network should he lose to challenger Ed Murray. McGinn said "I don't know, but I do know Comcast gave Murray a big pile of money." That statement insinuates that maybe a Comcast-backed Seattle mayor would favor Comcast and not a low cost alternative. A spokesperson for candidate Murray says that the city would honor the pilot program, but was noncommittal about the future of fiber in Seattle. Thanks, PCGuy8088 for submitting this to our subreddit.

Many websites launch badly, but few as badly as the US government’s healthcare.org health-insurance exchange website. And rarely do websites get to call on the entire tech community to help fix problems. Google, Red Hat Oracle and other tech companies will contribute dozens of engineers and programmers in an effort help fix the website’s problems. US citizens who don’t have health insurance by March 31 may have to pay a fine of as much as 1 percent of their income.

Google, Facebook,Twitter and other tech companies are all pushing back against government requests for user data — from things like publishing the numbers of government requests they receive, to conversations with officials behind closed doors. And companies are building technical fortresses intended to make their private information inaccessible to the government and spies. But their business models rely on collecting that same data, largely to sell personalized ads. As long as these companies remain ad companies, their data will continue to be a goldmine for law enforcement and spies. What's a billion dollar tech giant to do?

Time Warner Cable lost 306,000 TV subscribers from July through September, which it attributes to its carriage dispute with CBS. During the dispute TWC removed CBS, Showtime, and other CBS properties form its lineup and ended up issuing $15 million in credit to Showtime subscribers who lost service. By comparison, in 2012 in the same period TWC lost 29,000 subscribers. Thanks to NCD75 for submitting this in the subreddit.

Someone claiming to be from the group Anonymous is taking credit for hacking the Singapore newspaper site, Straits Times. That paper is the country's leading newspaper. The person behind the attack goes by the handle "The Messiah" and said the newspaper misled the public in its reporting of an Anonymous threat to Singapore's infrastructure. Anonymous is against Singapore's new licensing regulations for news sites. The post by The Messiah says Anonymous will attack the infrastructure of Singapore only if the Internet framework gets implemented, not otherwise.

Almost the same story from last Friday where KPIX reports: "KPIX 5 has learned that Google is actually building a floating marketing center, a kind of giant Apple store, if you will — but for Google Glass"

- KPIX says that they know what's inside the Google Barge- Last week, KPIX said that Google is actually building a floating marketing center, a kind of giant Apple store, if you will — but for Google Glass- KPIX's newest report says the barge will feature "luxury showrooms and party deck to market Google Glass and other gadgets to invitation-only clients"- The building is made up of interchangeable 40-foot shipping containers. The lower three levels will serve as the showrooms with "chrome features and floor lighting."- The top level is a party deck to feature bars and areas for VIPs to hangout- The report also says the barge project was created at Google X and is being personally directed by Sergey Brin- Why isn't it open yet? The project has been delayed in part because the U.S. Coast Guard labeled the building a “floating vessel” that requires federally approved safety features

Q: Assuming these details are true, what do you think of the party barge idea?

- Delaware became the first state yesterday to launch a "full suite" of Internet gambling, hoping to revive the gambling industry- 25 to 75 players who have registered online at sites maintained by Delaware's three racetrack casinos will be allowed to play during a week of testing of the system.- By Nov. 8, anybody registered and physically in Delaware will be able to play blackjack, poker, roulette and slots for money, officials said.- effort to attract younger ppl: adults ages 28 to 35 don't normally go to the casinos, where the average gambler is in his or her late 50s.- Thomas Cook, Delaware's finance secretary - the goal is to generate new customers, not to see people who patronize the casinos gamble from their homes. If that happens, "then we have taken a step back because it's taking away business from the bricks and mortar where people are employed,"

New Jersey will begin offering Internet gaming similar to Delaware in late November- q: casinos going the way of the bookstore/dodo?

- Chinese app Mo Man Xiang Ji (translated as Magic Camera App) #1 in app stores- app prompts you to take a selfie. Once done, some ‘magic dust’ is scattered on your face, and then you are directed to a page where your face is planted on some random cartoon character.- currently ranked sixth in the overall free apps chart in the US (and is top for photo and video apps), while it is second overall in Australia and rising quickly in the UK, Canada and Germany — as data from AppsFire shows- weird because instructions are in chinese, western markets largely can't understand- App Annie shows crazy growth in US this week

Ouriel Ohayon, co-founder of AppsFire, who admits he’s never seen anything like it before:"Either there is something I am missing or they are using fishy marketing techniques to grow and get positive reviews — the reviews in the US App Stores all look strange. I can understand why it is successful in China or Asia, but its ranking in the US doesn’t make sense."q: app isn't officially ranked in Google Play. App Store shenanigans or do we just not understand what the kids like?

- ArsTechnica has a story about badBIOS, a piece of malware that "jumps airgaps."- The story explains that a security consultant Dragos Ruiu [Roo-you] noticed that some of his computers were transmitting data specific to the IPv6 networking protocol, even though those machines had IPv6 completely disabled- To get to the bottom of this, the researcher started removing components of the machine to see if data was still being transmitted. - After removing ethernet cables, wi-fi cards, bluetooth cards, and power cables the machines still transmitted small amounts of network data.- Within hours or weeks of wiping an infected computer clean, the odd behavior would return. - The most visible sign of contamination is a machine's inability to boot off a CD- The malware also appeared to have "self-healing capabilities." In a case of a machine that had the BIOS reflashed, a new disk drive with zero data on it. What happened? The registry editor was disabled.

So what's happening?- Ruiu's theory is that infected machines can contaminate USB devices and vice versa- As for the network transmissions, the malware appears to be taking advantage of the high frequencies played from the computer's speakers and receiving data using the mic. When Ruiu took out the speakers and mic of infected machines, the transmissions stopped.

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I really like the idea, but as we know, battery-life and data caps are two important issues on mobile (for most people), and if we start seeding data all day long, it can cause a problem there..

(I'm not really talking about the personal usages, like in the medical example, but more about the broad usages, like the replacement for the AppStore servers example).

They could obviously do what Apple is doing with iCould backups, so it will seed only when you're charging the phone and on wi-fi, but that will decrease the amount of seeders dramatically..

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In episode #872, while talking about the new iPad Air, you wondered why the iPad 2 is still on the market.

There's a simple reason for that: I know a number of companies who use first and second generation iPads with custom-built peripherals, which all use the 30-pin connector. These peripherals can be pretty expensive--more costly than an iPad--so companies choose to keep the peripherals around, and replace broken iPads with an iPad 2, in stead of replacing or even re-developing the hardware.

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The Washington Post reported another Edward Snowden leak yesterday, describing project MUSCULAR, a joint operation of the US's NSA and UK's GCHQ. The project allegedly taps fiber optic cable's between data centers for Google and Yahoo. If ture, this would allow the spies to see almost all data used by the two services, as they sync data centers across four continents. It also has the advantage of being outside the US, therefore not subject to laws prohibiting domestic surveillance. Meanwhile if you were wondering what Snwoden's doing for Vodka money in Russia these days, his lawyer announced he starts work in November for a major Russian website that remains unnamed. Somebody'll leak it though I'm sure.

IDC reports that the iPad is the #1 tablet in the world, but its market share is now 29.6% in Q3 of this year. In Q3 of 2012, Apple had a whopping 40.2%. Samsung is still #2 with 20.4% of the world's stage. Rounding out the top three is the Transformer-loving Asus with 7.4%.

AT&T's efforts to gain more marketshare Europe by acquiring local telecoms could be affected by recent leaks of NSA surveillance data, European officials tell The Wall Street Journal. AT&T is implicated along with Sprint and Verizon in the government's data collection: the FISA Amendments Act allows the NSA to request all phone metadata records from the companies. "We'd need to have a concrete discussion to make sure that European data wouldn't be leaving Europe," one official tells the Journal.

Pandora is now available on Google's Chromecast dongle. An update to Pandora's Android and iOS mobile apps will now include a "Cast" button, which will allow for one-touch streaming to the TV. Pandora users can stream to Chromecast from Android smartphones and tablets as well as iPhones, but not yet iPads. The company says iPad support is coming soon.

The US FAA annoucned today it will allow use of portable electronic devices during takeoff and landing, as long as they are in airplane mode. Airlines have to submit a plan to comply with the new regulations, so don't expect to be able to do this right away, but the FAA expects most implementations to be in place by the end of the year. There are also a few models of airplanes not proved to be tolerant of devices and in low visibility conditions you may be asked to turn off your device. Delta hopes ot have its plan in place and ready by November 1.

Facebook reported its quarterly financials and 49% of its advertising revenue came from mobile usage; that's an increase of 8% from the last quarter. Facebook's total advertising revenue was $1.8 billion. Facebook’s desktop advertising revenue fell $26 million from the second to third quarter. Looks like that little social network is going to make it.

Steam's active accounts rose 30% over the last year to 65 million according to Valve. One contributing factor is Valve's most popular game DOTA 2 with more than 500,000 daily peak concurrent players. In comparison, Xbox Live has reported 48 million accounts while Sony's PlayStation Network claims 110 million.

Sprint has introduced Sprint Spark, an enhanced LTE service it says will deliver "unprecedented speeds" to its cellphone users. The company demoed the service running at 1Gbps, but the company says customers can expect "50-60 Megabits per second (Mbps) peak speeds today with increasing speed potential over time." The first Spark-supported phones, Samsung's Galaxy Mega and Galaxy S 4 mini and LG's G2, will be available on Sprint's network on November 8th.

Cisco announced Wednesday it is open-sourcing its H.264 video codec implementation and released a plugin that allows third-party developers to use H.264 without paying any licensing costs. GigaOm reports Mozilla will add H.264 to the Firefox browser in the first half of 2014. The Internet Engineering Task Force is meeting in Vancouver next week to decide on a default codec for WebRTC, the standard that allows video communication over the INternet without special software. Google has been pushing it's VP8 codec for the standard. Cisco has invested a lot of money in sofwtare and hardware that relies on H.264 and would like it to last until H.265, VP9 or Daala take over, which is many years down the road.

Remember that wacky Hyperloop rail system that Elon Musk proposed? Well according to a new company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a prototype of the Hyperloop will be ready by 2015. The company published a two year timeline of the project. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies also announced partnerships with a number of companies including Ansys, which created some of the first software simulations of the Hyperloop.

"- “NSA applies Attorney General-approved processes to protect the privacy of U.S. persons — minimizing the likelihood of their information in our targeting, collection, processing, exploitation, retention, and dissemination,”

- NSA also denies operation under Executive Order 12333 which describes limits over collection of data on US citizens overseas- Google's David Drummond: “We are outraged at the lengths to which the government seems to have gone to intercept data from our private fiber networks, and it underscores the need for urgent reform,”- Yahoo spokeswoman: “We have strict controls in place to protect the security of our data centers, and we have not given access to our data centers to the NSA or to any other government agency.”"

- Sprint introduced Sprint Spark, its LTE service that Sprint says will give "unprecedented speeds"- Sprint showed off the the service running at 1Gbps and says customers can expect 50-60Mbps peak speeds today with "increasing speed potential over time."- How Spark works: it needs devices that can switch between Sprint's 800MHz, 1.9GHz, and 2.5GHz cellular bands- Rollout begins today with limited availability in NY, LA, Chicago, Miami, and Tampa- Sprint says it will hit 100 cities by 2016- The phones: Sprint will sell the $199 Samsung Galaxy Mega, $99 Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini and $199 LG G2 next week - the two Samsung phones will have tri-band support soon after launch with a software update. The LG G2 will get tri-band functionality in early 2014- Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Sprint will continue to offer unlimited data even after Spark rolls out

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- changes will differ depending on each airline, depend on types of planes and how things are run at each different carrier, but FAA anticipates that most will allow passengers to use their gadgets “in airplane mode, gate-to-gate, by the end of the year.”- ok: e-book readers, play games and watch videos on devices, and can hold gadgets during both take-off and landing, or else stow them in the seatback pocket. - gadgets need to be in Airplane Mode or have cell service turned off during both landing and taxi/take-off, - use Wi-Fi during your flight and continue to use Bluetooth accessories connected to your phone.

FAA: Changes to PED policies will not happen immediately and will vary by airline. Check with your airline to see if and when you can use your PED. Current PED policies remain in effect until an airline completes a safety assessment, gets FAA approval, and changes its PED policy.q: end of year, we're all

EU-funded project named 'Pursuit' eliminates the need for servers- sort of an Internet-wide peer-to-peer approach- no more server crashes, faster and more efficient, better control of private info- won the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) award after successfully demonstrating applications - Instead of URLs we'd use URIs, every time you download content you also republish it- You control access to data so even if published cannot be accessed

- Microsoft is unveiling "Hero Ads!" - Bing is piloting a new type of ad in Bing Smart Search in Windows 8.1. - When you conduct a brand search in Windows 8.1, you'll be greeted with large photos and custom links created by an advertiser instead of a list of search results- So for example, search for Land Rover and you'll see a huge picture of a Land Rover provided by the company with options to request a quote or schedule a test drive- Bing is testing the ads with a bunch of companies like Land Rover, Jaguar, Home Depot, and Radio Shack.- During the pilot, the ads will be shown to a subset of people searching for the specific names of the companies or brands on Windows 8.1. - Forty-four percent of Windows 8.1 searchers in the U.S. who type the specific search terms will see the new ads.- Searchers will still be able to scroll to the right for additional search results.- No word if this is headed to Bing on the web

Q: Hero ads: good idea or bad idea? More importantly: do you think it would help MS get more of the search market?

Microsoft has about 18 percent of the U.S. search market on its own, according to comScore data, and just under 30 percent when counting the search results that the company serves for Yahoo under their partnership. Google search market share in the U.S. is about 67 percent.

- A new patent application published by the USPTO this week shows Apple filed originally in 2012 for solar power- power management array for accepting both power adapter and solar power direct from gathering devices or traditional mains-based chargers. So you could plug in your MagSafe or iPad/iPod adapter, or alternatively hook a MacBook or other piece of hardware directly to a solar panel with a simple cord. There’s also a means for accepting both inputs at the same time, according to the patent, for a power balance that would likely charge your device quicker but with more economical use of juice from the grid.

- key to this patent is that the system described is both composed of readily available power management techniques achievable with existing hardware, and; able to be built using componentry that takes up very little space, making it theoretically possible to integrate it into existing device designs without much modification. q: why don't we have this already???

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One aspect of Google possibly bringing out a smart watch based on Google Now that I didn’t hear discussed and I think is a reason why Google may have a leg up over the competition is voice recognition.

Remember that Google Now is voice activated (like Siri) and you can do lots of things through voice commands. Imagine how much nicer that will be if you don’t even have to pull your phone out. You could just tap your smart watch and speak into it to send a text or email, add a note to self, ask it what song is playing or what glossaphobia is.

Google will be able to more tightly integrate this voice recognition on your watch connected to Google Now on your phone than the competitors. I’m sure they are already working on more voice commands for Google Glass. The watch would then just be a variation on Google Glass, that you wear on your wrist instead of your face.

Just something I realized this morning while pulling my phone out of my pocke to add a note to self using voice recognition.

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iPad Air reviews have hit the internet, with some interesting specs. The iPad Air is 80 percent faster than the fourth-generation iPad, says Primate Labs, who put the tablet through Geekbench 3 tests. The Air's A7 processor runs at 1.4GHz -- which is 100MHz faster than the 5S, which also has an A7. The new Air is also five times faster than the iPad 2, which makes selling the second-generation ipad for $399, just $100 less than the starting price for the iPad Air, more perplexing than ever.

There's a new look for Twitter. The company announced it's going to make timelines more visual and will feature image and video previews in tweets on the web as well as its iOS & Android apps. If you don't like that auto-expand feature, you can turn it off in the app version, but not the web. Internet, commence your complaining.

At the ARM developers’ conference, Intel partner Altera announced that Intel will fabricate its ARM’s 64-bit chips starting next year. Intel's been trying to break ARM’s stronghold on the mobile market, but this move looks like the company has decided not to beat 'em, but to join 'em. Analysts say Intel is even willing to compete with semiconductor foundry leader TSMC for the business of its biggest rivals, like Nvidia and Qualcomm. So.....how long until Apple ditches Samsung for Intel?

After a $110 million settlement with the MPAA, isoHunt is back - well sort of. The new site is at isoHunt.to and it looks pretty much exactly the same as the old isoHunt.com. However, the people behind the new site are not related to the old isoHunt in any way. isoHunt.to has restored about 75% of the original site's database.

Nintendo has announced it sold 460,000 Wii U consoles worldwide in the six month period ending September 30th. Overall sales of the Wii U sit at 3.91 million globally, though Nintendo claims it will sell nine million consoles before the end of its 2014 financial year. The Wii U is still having a "negative impact" on the company's profits, Nintendo says, because of the console's price reduction in the US and Europe alongside advertising expenses, but the company says it'll drive manufacturing costs of the hardware down and improve the distribution of digital software to boost income.

Lenovo can't stop yoga-ing its whole line up. The company introduced two new Android-based tablets called the Yoga Tablet 8 and the Yoga Tablet 10. From the side, the devices look a lot like the Apple Wireless keyboard. Both tablets feature a kickstand and will last up to 18 hours on a single charge. Inside, you're looking at a quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 processor and 1GB of RAM. The 8-inch tablet costs $249, while the 10-inch version costs $299

Google showed off its second generation Google Glass. In the images of the device, two very bored looking models show off the eyewear complete with a new mono earbud. The earbud would replace the bone-conduction speaker system of the original. Google also said the new version of Glass would make it compatible with prescription lenses as well as sunglasses. Google will run an exchange program for Google Glass Explorers if they bought their Glass before October 28th, 2013.

If you've got Google Glass, do yourself a favor, don't wear them while driving in California. Google Glass Explorer Cecilia Abade just received a ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass. The stated reason on the moving violation is "Driving with Monitor visible to Driver (Google Glass)." Now there's a question on the legality of the ticket issued - court case, anyone?

Apple is replacing a "very limited" number of new iPhones after finding a manufacturing defect that has limited battery performance. Apple did not say how many phones have been affected by the manufacturing issue, however the company is apparently contacting customers by phone, suggesting the problem is pretty limited. The defect also does not affect the safety of the iPhone batteries.

Yesterday, Google added some new features to Google+. Coming soon is full resolution backups of images for iOS, photo enhancement tools, and some new Auto-Awesome features like Auto-Awesome Eraser to remove things like photo bombers from your beautiful images. Google+ also started sending out emails to Plus users offering them custom domains. The first set of custom domains were sent to those users who have a profile photo, have at least 10 followers, and an account that is at least 30 days old. Darn. I was really starting to like my old plus URL of plus.google.com/u/0/110385… wait. 583… Nevermind.

- john poole at primate labs on ipad air: iPad Air's A7 processor is running at 1.4 GHz, 100 MHz faster than the iPhone 5s' A7 processor. It's not clear if the iPad Air processor runs at a higher speed thanks to a larger battery (providing more power), a larger chassis (providing better cooling), or some combination of the two. I expect the new iPad mini's A7 processor will run at 1.4 GHz as well.The iPad Air is over 80% faster than the iPad (4th Generation), close to the 2x increase promised by Apple.The iPad Air is over 5x faster than the iPad 2, yet is only $100 more expensive. I do not understand why Apple kept the iPad 2 around, especially at a $399 price point. What market are they targeting?

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- Twitter changed some things which is making people angry- The new version of Twitter on the web and its iOS & Android apps now display photo and video previews expanded in a tweet- Previously, you'd have to click a link to expand certain content w/in a tweet- Twitter explained on a blogpost that "timelines on Twitter will be more visual and more engaging…"- At the bottom of the tweet, there are now dedicated options for reply, retweet or favorite (before, you'd have to click the tweet, then those options would appear)- Twitter allows users of its iOS and Android apps to turn off image previews. The web version doesn't offer this- Jack Marshall of Digiday.com says this effectively is Twitter's answer to banner ads since brands could put images in their feeds that you can't avoid

- At the ARM developers’ conference today, Intel partner Altera announced that Intel will fabricate its ARM’s 64-bit chips starting next year. An announcement that sent shockwaves throughout the technology industry as Intel is desperately trying to break ARM’s supremacy in the mobile market.- “It’s huge. Imagine ARM’s most powerful and technologically advanced 64-bits processor built on Intel’s leading-edge fabs. A duo that will be hard to beat,” explains Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64.

Intel ready to open up its leading-edge factories to whomever is willing to pay a premium, chip prices could actually come down, with the other foundries (TSMC, UMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung, IBM or SMIC) feeling the pressure to compete.But will Apple ditch Samsung for Intel?q: anyone surprised?

Intel's online TV service may go to Verizon- ATD reports that Intel is in talks "to hand over control of Intel Media" to Verizon- Intel Media is the division of Intel that was working on building a Web-based subscription TV service known as "OnCue"- Vz already operates a pay TV service- People familiar with the talks say the two companies are in advanced negotiations. - ATD says it’s unclear whether Verizon would take control of the entire Intel Media unit, or if Intel would retain a piece of the Web TV project or a say in its operations.

Q: Should Intel give up on its online TV endeavors? If so, would Vz have an easier time bringing TV to the web?

- yesterday google announced upgrades to those who already own google glass, a new mono earbud instead of only the bone-vibrating speaker included in the first generation Glass, Google said the hardware revision will also make Glass compatible with new lines of sunglasses and prescription frames and Explorers will have their choice of colors when they swap sometime later this year.- officer’s full explanation says “Driving with monitor visible to driver (Google Glass).”- second violation listed. Cecilia Abadie says she was ticketed for speeding 10 mph above the limit, too.)- violation of California Vehicle Code Section 27602, which addresses “Television” use inside motor vehicles

- WSJ reports that Blackberry execs met with Facebook to determine if FB has an interest to purchase BlackBerry- The Journal says "it remains unclear whether Facebook is interested in placing a bid." - FB and phones have a history. There's been a rumored FB phone for years. The closest thing we've gotten is the HTC First which debuted with the launcher, FB Home- However, FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said building a phone is the wrong strategy- What's in it for FB? BB's got a patent portfolio valued in the range of $1-$3B. BB also has about $2.6B in cash, no debt, and that BBM service.

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On yesterday's show you pretty much gave the impression that people might not really want modular phones and to a certain degree you might be right. But i've come across a few new laptops, and i really don't mean the gaming ones that have removable memory, graphics module or in a fair number of cases even CPU.

So modularity hasn't gone the way of the dodo just yet, no matter what Intel wants you to believe.

What lies there between phones or tablets? Aren't tablets just phones with no gsm voice capabilities? I mean except 3 of their components (screen, battery and case) they are basically the same.

They have a tiny logic board and the big case is there just to fit the battery and the screen. Couldn't you fit in there a 802.something module that is not really wi-fi for using with special wireless networks inside warehouses. Or how about putting in a [insert payment provider startup module here].

Or a tracking module of some sort to make sure the complementary hotel room tablet you provide your customers doesn't accidentally grow feet when they check out.

Or an upgreadable model of a very low powered wireless video transmission thing that is paired with its counterpart on a tv. Or a gazillion other useless thing that will never see the light of day if tablet modularity doesn't really become a thing different from Asus' russian doll padphone/phonepad approach.

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Motorola announced it will partner up with Dave Hakkens Phonebloks community to make a modular smartphone a reality. Project Ara will be a free open hardware platform which Motorola says is intended to do for hardware what Android did for software. A modular phone would allow the user to replace parts of the phone like the screen or camera without replacing the entire device. Motorola will begin inviting developers in a few months and hopes to have a developers kit out sometime this winter.

This whole Google smartwatch thing is seeming pretty real - the latest whispers point to a launch next year, if the WSJ's contacts are correct, because development on the wearable has apparently reached the point where it "could be ready for mass production within months," and Google is said to have already started talks with Asian manufacturers. This is according to anonymous sources, but bundle that in with some key patents and some acquisitions earlier this year, and a Google watch seems like less of a rumor all the time.

Amazon's Matchbook service is now live. If your forgot, Matchbook lets you purchase discounted digital versions of physical books you purchased from Amazon. Amazon says that Matchbook is available for over 70,000 books with more titles to be added in the future.

Apple reported $7.5 billion in profit on $37.5 billion in revenue. Down from $8.2 billion in profit last year but up over $36 billion in revenue the year before. Apple broke sales records including 33.797 million iPhones, up over 26.91 million last year, but profit margins continued to shrink from 40% a year ago to 37%. Mac sales outpaced iPod sales for the first time since iPods.

Nokia's Q3 2013 financial results show an operating profit of $162 million from $7.8 billion in revenue. That's a big gain year over year. The report is the first since Microsoft agreed to purchase Nokia's phone business, and that division — Devices and Services — performed as expected, posting a small loss of $118 million. Phone business aside, Nokia's overall revenue was $3.8 billion and it made $280 million in profit, which is good for the post-phone future.

According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung shipped the most smartphones in the third quarter of this year. More than 250 million smartphones were shipped worldwide this year from all smartphone makers. Samsung moved over 88 million smartphones. If you're curious, Apple shipped over 33 million iPhones.

In a speech hosted by Film Independent, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos suggested Netflix would like to get into making big movies, not just documentaries, and premiere them in theaters the same day they’re available on Netflix. To do that he’d need theater owners on his side. Sarandos said, “As theater owners try to strangle innovation and distribution not only are they going to kill theaters they might kill movies.” Look for Netflix to buy some movie theaters I guess.

People who own a Moto X might have noticed a little red sombrero on their home screens... if tapped, a Moto X turns into a player for computer animation and street theater. Windy Day, as the production is called, came from Motorola’s in-house moonshot division, Advanced Technology And Products (ATAP). This research group, begun in May 2012 (the same month that Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobile became official), shares the high ambitions of its parent company’s own long-term research group, Google X. This is a new type of storytelling that Motorola calls “Spotlight Stories.”

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who by the way is facing a re-selection fight one year from now, is pressing lawmakers to vote this week on a law requiring Internet companies to store data obtained from Brazilians in servers located inside Brazil. The bill comes in response to reports that the United States spied on Brazilians including President Rousseff.

Microsoft issued its Security Intelligence Report and found 21% of users are still using Windows XP. Microsoft will cease to provide security updates to XP in April 2014. Windows XP users are almost six time more likely to get malware infections compared to Windows 8 users. On the plus side, Microsoft announced its remote desktop app for Android and iOS has been downloaded 1 million times in 17 days making it the most popular Microsoft app on Android. Hilariously, still no word when the app may come to Windows Phone.

Motorola announced Project Ara, partnered with Dave Haakens of PhoneBloks- Free open hardware platform for a modular smartphone- "We want to do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software”- Will invite developers in coming months, alpha developers kit coming this winter

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- Google in late-stage development and the company is in talks with Asian suppliers to begin mass production of the device, people familiar with the matter said- will run Android, integrated with Google Now, to make recommendations and predict what information users need based on what they are doing, a person familiar with the situation said. Google has also been working to reduce power consumption on the smartwatch so it won't require frequent battery charges, the person said.- could be ready for mass production within months,

Samsung was kinda first in September, launching the $299 Galaxy Gear digital watch that can run apps and interact with Samsung smartphones, but not a lot of good stuff heard about it- Google Glass is a huge gamble w face-tech, is a wrist device a way better idea?

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- Netflix Content boss Ted Sarandos gave a speech at Film Independent Forum where he suggested Netflix could try to become a first-run distributor of movies - [RUN VIDEO HERE] - Apple, Amazon, and TWC have been able to successfully run movies at the same time they are in theaters, some before they are in theaters

Q: Do you think Netflix can actually get a "big movie" on board with this?

Here's the quote: “What we’re trying to do for TV, the model should extend pretty nicely to movies. Meaning, why not premiere movies on Netflix, the same day they’re opening in theaters? And not little movies — there’s a lot of ways, and lot of people to do that [already]. Why not big movies? Why not follow the consumers’ desire to watch things when they want?”

- Back in July, SoundCloud announced that it has reached 200M active listeners (monthly active users). But since then, the startup has grown substantially as it now reports 250M listeners.- SoundCloud now integrates with Instagram to allow you to your photos as album art.- revamped premium subscription, simplified tierrs of membership. says co-founder and CEO Alexander Ljung

Berlin startup scene still growing “On the Internet, it’s not about pure technology anymore but being able to put technology into a real cultural context. Berlin has always been this place that wants to be doing things differently. It’s kind of edgy, decadent and punk “There is a huge amount of creativity in creating a great startup, brand and experience for people.”- “There is not as much VCs right next door if you’re here. But everybody is looking at Berlin,” Ljung said. “A couple of years ago, when I was talking to Valley funds, they were saying ‘we only invest in the Valley.’ You don’t hear this anymore.”q: important to make sure innovation is happening worldwide? out of valley bubble

- Samsung held its first developers conference yesterday- It introduced 5 SDKs so that developers can make apps for Samsung products

SDKs: - multiscreen SDK think sending video & web sites from your phone to your TV. launches Nov. 12, will also support phone input from various devices, including iPhones for Samsung’s smart TVs. - multiscreen gaming: using your smartphone as a console, Samsung also said it was partnering with Unity Technology for a multiscreen gaming SDK to play games on TVs - mobile SDK: supports Samsung's pen, gestures, multiwindow and motion features- enterprise SDK, and smart tv sdk

Q: Do you see developers building out apps for Samsung? What impact do you think that would have on Android as a whole?

- The conference had about 1300 developers in attendance- The company shipped 250 million devices in the past year- ChatOn has 100 million users worldwide

Start with CastAR. Our audience has seen what it is. What’s coming in the stretch goals?-Transition to what it could do 2nd or 3rd gen. Wireless? Holodeck?- Is CastAR part of IoT?- I’d like to get Jeri’s opinion on IoT in general?32-page report from Economist Business Intelligence Unit sponsored by ARM on Internet of Things- One problem is one device talking to one service- Freescale Kinetis KL02 small cheap micro controller can be built into almost anything

Today Is Dell’s Last Day as a Public Company - Today the company announced the formal closing of its $25 billion go-private transaction. Dell shares will cease trading on the Nasdaq exchange after the close of business today in New York.

Just wanted to let you know that there are a few armband/ wrist products on the market that measure your calorie intake.

There is one called http://www.bodymedia.com/ that seems to do a lot of what the Airo does.

Seems like the technology exists to do this, so would be interesting to see how Airo can make it better.

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Thanks again TNT Crew,

I happen to know someone who is working on a project in a hospital building a blood monitor based on optical measurement. It works based on a clip for your thumb, and replaces standard blood tests. I expect that the wrist band is using a similar technology, though probably with less accuracy.

-Will from Northern WI

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From @photojazz on Twitter: just FYI on Monday #TNT show. I wear a "watch" that keeps measure of my blood glucose. So that bit's doable. It doesn't use light waves. It uses charged particles. Not as accurate as a finger stick, but good enough for day-to-day and less painful.

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LG G Flex is all growns up and official now. The curved phone has a 720p, 6-inch display which LG calls IMAX-like proving once and for all that IMAX is now meaningless. A self-healing coating on the back smooths over scratches. Along with the 2.3GHz Snapdrgaon 800, 2 GB of RAM and 13 MP camera, the nicest thing may be the 3500 mAh battery. The G Flex comes to South Korea in November with other markets to follow.

A large structure built on a barge docked in San Francisco bay may become a floating Google data center. Cnet reports that Google, has possibly set up shop on Treasure Island, located between San Francisco and Oakland, and has been building a large structure made from shipping, or cargo, containers on a barge, and it might even be a floating data center, including the fact that Google itself has a patent for such a concept. Google has not responded to multiple requests for comment.

Apple's good at a lot of things, but apparently it can't wrap its head around daylight saving time. AppleInsider reports that a number of iOS 7 users found that their devices are displaying the time incorrectly inside the iOS calendar app. The good news is the issue doesn't seem to affect alarms or calendar events from sounding at their correct times.

Nielsen has been testing new ratings that take into account mobile viewing and now has announced a wider rollout along with an SDK for participating broadcasters coming in mid-November. The system monitors DVRs, internet-connected TVs, tablets, smartphones and browsers and relies on Facebook, among others, to match demographic information. The tech also includes audio watermarks and metadata.

Ah, the Nexus 5. leaked photos, a leaked video and product shots have already accidentally published to Google Play, so we know Google’s new smartphone is coming soon, but the wait could be over by November 1 — according to the latest leak from @evleaks- tweeted a photo of a Nexus 5 with a white back panel and a reference to November 1. It’s unclear if that might be the announcement date, or the retail launch of the device — which has also been rumored for a October 31 press conference.

We don't cover enough writing instruments on this show and we're about to fix that. Livescribe introduced a new smartpen called the Livescribe 3. Unlike previous versions, the Livescribe 3 is a lot sleeker and now pairs with a new app from Livescribe instead of using Evernote integration. Notes you write are digitized and are searchable. Right now, the app is iOS only, with Android support coming soon. The Livescribe 3 costs about $150.

A company called Vicarious claims to have created software capable of accurately filling in CAPTCHAs, those frustrating login puzzles that are supposed to separate humans from bots. Vicarious claims it has cracked CAPTCHAS at Google, eBay and Paypal all in an effort, not to become a monster spammer, but to show that the Vicarious Recursive Cortical Network is sophisticated enough to hang with other AI’s like IBM’s Watson.

The Nvidia Shield is getting some big upgrades thanks to an over-the-air update. The Shield gets Android 4.3 and GameStream is now out of beta. The handheld also supports a new console mode where you can attach the Shield to your TV and a wireless controller to play Shield games on your big screen.

US Attorney Paul Fishman announced Lauri Love, 28 of Stradishall, Suffolk, England has been charged with one count of accessing a U.S. department or agency computer without permission, and one count of conspiracy. Love was arrested Friday by UK’s National Crime Agency in connection with a separate investigation. Love is accused of accessing networks for the U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NASA among others.

Samsung just signed a deal with the NBA. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but the Wall Street Journal reports it is a three-year, $100 million deal. NBA officials will use Samsung tablets to review plays and Samsung devices will gain access to recaps and analysis of NBA action.

New Features through an over-the-air software update.- Android 4.3- Gamestream now out of beta, more reliable (can connect to users' home PCs to stream and play games). Over 50 supported PC games- Increased compatibility with games thanks to Gamepad Mapper- Gamepad Mapper: Now the device is able to take even games that never before had hardware control abilities and changes them into a SHIELD experience- Console Mode: allows you to connect the Shield to your TV for 1080p gaming. Shuts off internal screen of the handheld, you can pair with wireless controller. (Old mode mirrored the 720p display)- Nvidia's finally added the ability to put giant Android games entirely on a microSD card.

Q: Now is this $300 oddball a good idea?

- The Verge says that PC streaming isn't ready for 1080p quite yet - The company says it can currently stream 720p at 60 frames per second. - Nvidia says it will bring 1080p60 performance in a future update, but you'll need to plug in the Shield with a USB-to-Ethernet adapter.

Large structure on a barge docked in SF Bay docked at Treasure Island- Similar structure showed up in Portland, Maine- Daniel Terdiman, CNET reports Google has a patent on a floating data center- Both barges owned by ‘By and Large’. Contact is Tim Brandon Senior Transaction Manager, CBRE @ Google.- KPIX reports it will be a floating Google Glass Store to dock at Fort Mason- Awaiting permit from San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development CommissionQ: Your guess?

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- Nielsen has been testing new ratings system for several months, ready to launch an SDK for participating broadcasters in mid-November that will encompass both old-fashioned screens and DVRs, internet-connected TVs, tablets, smartphones and browsers. - To work out which stream is being watched where, Nielsen will parse together "big data and a census-style measurement approach." This will match demographic information through social networks, mentioning Facebook explicitly - It'll also know exactly which device viewers are watching content on thanks to "audio watermarks, metadata or tags associated with the content and related advertising." - Nielsen wants to accurately reveal who's watching TV ads and who's watching shows another way, bypasses ads or seeing different ones

- Bloomberg reports DirecTV, TWC, and Charter Communications are considering using the Aereo model by capturing broadcast TV with their own antennas to avoid retransmission fees- Bloomberg cites "people with knowledge of the deliberations."- The report says the discussions are at an early stage- Time Warner Cable has even considered buying Aereo, said one of the people.- So far, Aereo has won a number of lawsuits against the CBS and other media companies- Retransmission fees in the U.S. are expected to double to $6.1 billion in 2018 from $3.01 billion this year, according to research firm SNL Kagan.

- Fox President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said Fox’s broadcast network would convert into a cable channel and cease to provide over-the-air access if Aereo is allowed to continue- CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said he would do the same, as did Univision Chairman Haim Saban.

New America Foundation “Cost of Connectivity 2013“ surveyed 24 cities- Best deal Verizon FIOS limited parts of NYC 150 Mbps $130. Most Intl’s cities 50-80 for comparable speed- Cheapest mobile is T-Mobile 2GB $30/mo. twice as much as London more than any European city- at around 20 mbps or lower, San Francisco ($99/£61), New York ($70) and Washington DC ($68) dwarf London ($38), Paris ($35) and Seoul ($15).- Earlier OECD report: 45 Mbps US 30of 33 at $90 avg.- NCTA: states like Vermont, New Hampshire and Delaware have faster average speeds than Japan, he says. (Springfield VT has 1GBps thanks to stimulus funds for $35 Tokyo sells this speed for $33 from KDDI)And 96.3% of US households have access to wired broadband.- Scott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition: Moaning about it, he thinks, is like complaining you only have access to a Rolls-Royce when you also have Fords, Chevys and Cadillacs to choose from.- Fastest Wired speeds Seou, Tokya, Hong Kong, KC (Google) Lafayette (Community) Chattanooga (Community) Bristol, VA (Gov’t operated)Q: Are you happy with the state of broadband in the US?

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AIRO wristband tracks not just sleep, exercise and stress, but also what you eat

- uses a embedded spectrometer to track heart rate, sleep patterns, workout intensity & calories consumed. - Abhilash Jayakumar, co-founder and CEO of Airo Heath: "As your body breaks the food down, the sensor can detect the amount of light that passes through the blood based on green, red and infrared patterns." if you eat a cookie a spike in sugar intake should show up in AIRO app. The wristband is able to parse the nutritional value of food into protein, fat and carbohydrates. team working on simple starches and complex ones- "We might be able to see a difference in waveform, that would show you whether something is better or worse for the body." Further, Jayakumar notes that the AIRO's caloric intake measurement might differ from that on food packaging, because different people process foods differently.- stress monitoring - the AIRO gives a rounded view of high, medium or low stress based on your heart rate. - Exercise mode also takes your heart rate into account, as it measures workout intensity along with counting steps and calories burned.

AIRO is hoping for a ship date of some time in Fall 2014. Still, if you believe enough in AIRO to give it a shot, you may pre-order one for $149 right now before it goes up to $199 as its final retail priceq: best quantitative wearable device/app yet?

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In episode 868 Martin Giles (love him as a guest...he is witty) extolled that the internet isn't a bad thing & that his two daughters have genuine relationships with their friends.

But being a devil's advocate here...do you think that maybe Martin & the rest of the tech world might be trying to validate how they live their life. I remember Sarah saying something like being on the internet is more exciting that anything else i can do or something like that.

I guess i say all this because i've been reading & just finished a new book "The Circle" by Dave Eggers. It's a dystopic look at the tech world in a different prism.

& while i thought the ending was vapid & perfunctory...i would encourage y'all & your audience to take a gander at it. i think its theme is particularly apropos these days.

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Microsoft earnings for its first fiscal quarter certainly must have cheered things up around Redmond. Revenue rose 16% over last year to $18.529 billion. Operating income rose 19% to $6.334 billion and earnings per share was up 17% to 62 cents a share. Microsoft introduced new reporting, dividing the company into Devices and Consumer which covers OEM Windows, retail software Xbox, Windows Phone and the like. And a Commercial division which covers Enterprise sales of Windows and Office along with cloud offerings like Azure. The Commercial division led the way in the increase although sales of Surface tablets and Xbox 360s bolstered the D&C division.

Deutsche Telekom wants German communications companies to help shield local internet traffic from foreign intelligence services. This proposal comes after Germany said it had evidence that Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone had been monitored. Internet experts say It would not work when Germans surf on websites hosted on servers abroads. Deutsche Telekom, which is 32% owned by the government, has received backing for its project for potentially giving customers more options. In August, the company launched a service dubbed "E-mail made in Germany" that encrypts email and sends traffic exclusively through its domestic servers.

It's time to get paranoid! There's a new Firefox plugin from Mozilla called Lightbeam that gives you a visualization of which sites are tracking your browser history and how those sites are connected. The Lightbeam plugin is based on another Firefox add-on called Collusion. If you want to help out Mozilla, you can share your data with the Lightbeam database to help create a bigger picture of how different parts of the web are connected.

Twitter announced it will offer 70 million shares of stock at $17 to $20 per share when it goes public. The initial public offering will raise between $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion. A price of $28 to $30 had been expected but with fewer shares, so the overall amount being raised remains about in line with what folks though. Twitter will now pack up its wagon and head out for its IPO road show where no doubt Dick Costolo will demonstrate Twitter in song and dance and possibly puppets.

Samsung posted record quarterly earnings yesterday thanks to a rebound in its semiconductor business that offset softening demand in the smartphone market. The companyposted an operating profit of 10.2 trillion won ($9.6 billion) for the three-month period ended September, a 26 percent increase over the year-ago period and a 7 percent rise from the previous quarter, and recorded overall sales of 59.1 trillion won ($55.5 billion) for the quarter.

Amazon posted its quarterly financials yesterday and reported a net quarterly loss of $41 million. However, sales were greater than $17 billion, which is a 24% improvement compared to last year at the same time. This sales figure was beyond analysts expectations, so despite the net loss, Amazon shares jumped 10% on the opening of trading this morning. Analysts from at least 15 brokerages have raised price targets on Amazon shares.

Comcast and HBO have inched just a little closer to letting you get HBO without a cable subscription. Broadband Reports had a source and GigaOm dug up some marketing materials that offer Comcast subscribers 25 Mbps Internet, basic channels (mostly local), Comcast’s Streampix which is a Netflix-like service and HBO for $40 a month for the first year. After 12 months the price goes up to $70.

AT&T reported third-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates.Earnings climbed to 66 cents a share, Analysts had projected 65 cents on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sales rose 2.2 percent to $32.2 billion, in line with the average estimate. Its fourth-generation LTE wireless network and its U-verse fiber-optic system are helping fuel growth, Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said. The company added 363,000 contract wireless customers in the period, compared with 151,000 a year ago.

PHP.net discovered Thursday that two of its servers had been compromised to host javascript malware that delivered the Tepfer trojan. The organization which maintains the PHP programming language used by many websites, has moved the site to a new set of servers. There is no evidence that any PHP code hosted on the site was compromised. The group was concerned that an SSL certificate might have been compromised so disabled HTTPS access to php.net until a new certificate is issued and installed.

The Greater Manchester Police Department seized a 3D printer and printed components "suspected to be a 3D plastic magazine and trigger" for a gun. The parts are now undergoing forensic examination to determine whether the parts can make a working firearm. However, a Verge user by the name of Theobald02 saw the images of the seized printed parts and said they look like parts to upgrade the 3D printer the police seized. The Greater Manchester PD told the Verge that it will continue with its forensic testing.

- IG showing off sample ads that represent what will soon come to the platform. In a blog post, the Instagram team reassured its community that its photo and video ads would not only be "creative and engaging" but also relevant, tailored to your interests based on "information about what you do on Instagram and Facebook." The company will roll out the program slowly, and acknowledges that not all ads will be of interest--partly why the team is giving users the option of hiding them. It's also a reason why the company is curating its early brand partners, which include Adidas, Burberry, and GE. The question now is whether users will find the ads destructive, enjoyable, or simply bearable and necessary.- "sponsored" label in the upper right-hand corner. If you don't like the ad shown, just click the "..." button below to get rid of it; Instagram also gives you the option of providing feedback on what "didn't feel right."

- eWeek's got an article up about how T-Mobile's new tablet deal could hurt ATT- TMobile announced it would sell the iPad and offer all tablets in its portfolio w/monthly payment plans and no money down- TMo will also accept any device for tradein for th ecost of a TMo tablet- TMo is also offering all tablet users 200MB of free data whether they are TMo subscribers or not- As of November 1st, the no-charge bandwidth will be available for the lifetime of any tablet on the network; customers who pay for data will get the 200MB on top of their existing caps.

- "This is going to be a big hit for AT&T over the next few quarters, unless it comes out with a similar free tablet data offering," Eric Costa, an analyst with Technology Business Research, told eWEEK.- Carolina Milanesi, a Gartner research vice president, said "I think that T-Mobile's tactics will put pressure on the big guys to review their multi-device plans..."

Q: Do you see any other of the telecoms offering free data like TMobile will?

- every month 10 billion pages are viewed on the English version of Wikipedia - The volunteer workforce that built the projec has shrunk by more than a third since 2007 and is still shrinking. roughly 90% male - Wikipedia launched in 2001, it wasn’t intended to be an information source in its own right. Wales, a financial trader turned Internet entrepreneur, and Larry Sanger, a freshly minted philosophy PhD, started the site to boost Nupedia, a free online encyclopedia started by Wales that relied on contributions from experts.- By the end of its first year it had more than 20,000 articles in 18 languages, and its growth was accelerating fast. In 2003, Wales formed the Wikimedia Foundation to operate the servers and software that run Wikipedia and raise money to support them. - hierarchy was electing a small group of “administrators” who could wield special powers such as deleting articles or temporarily banning other editors. (There are now 635 active admins on the English Wikipedia.)-Today English Wikipedia has 4.4M articles; there are 23.1M more in 286 other languages. number of active editors on the English-language Wikipedia peaked in 2007 at more than 51,000 and has been declining ever since as the supply of new ones got choked off. This past summer only 31,000 people could be considered active editors.

q: what happens when money runs out to run inefficient community encyclopdia?

Looks like a file-sharing website was actually a pirate honeypot- WDF, a former senior staff member at WJunction, says in the 12 months since his forum UploaderTalk.com went online he’s been grabbing information about uploaders and file-hosts. - He said he suckered in users and announced the acquisition of his site by a U.S.-based anti-piracy company called NukePiracy LLC- The site was set up with the aim of gathering confidential information on uploaders, file-hosts and web companies involved in the piracy ecosystem. - The forum was designed to attract individuals who like to make money from uploading files to file-hosting sites

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About the YouTube Music service. Not that I, or anyone I know, would ever do this... but... Some companies block Pandora/Spotify/iTunes/Google Play Music but don't block YouTube and SOME PEOPLE make playlists in YouTube of music and let them run all day on their PCs rather than consume their capped wireless bandwidth. Just a thought.

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Canada’s Globe and Mail reports former Pepsi President John Sculley is exploring a joint bid for BlackBerry. Sculley would not confirm the report but did say, “there's a lot of future value in Blackberry, but without experienced people who have run this type of business, and without a strategic plan, it would be really challenging." Sculley is famous for taking over as CEO of Apple in 1983 and eventually ousting founder Steve Jobs.

Samsung has been fined just over $340,000 for paying for false praise and negative comments about competitors. The issue started in April, when Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission opened an investigation and found the allegations were true: Samsung did this through a third-party marketing company, and Two local marketing firms were fined a combined total of over $100,000 for their part in the marketing ploy. In a separate developmenthas Samung apologised to Chinese consumers after China's state TV claimed some of Samsung's phones were malfunctioning.

LinkedIn held a press conference to show off its Pulse app, a new version of its iPad app and a new feature for iOS mail called “LinkedIn Intro.” Intro works with Apple’s mail app and will pull in LinkedIn information about the sender from within the mail app. The LinkedIn iPad app now features new navigation and a new design. Pulse, the mobile news app LinkedIn purchased earlier this year, will feature LinkedIn sharing options.

A study from the Pew Research Center released Thursday shows one third of US citizens get news from Facebook. 2/3 of the US uses Facebook and 80% of them get news there. However, only 4% listed Facebook as an important source of news. Facebook users don’t check the source too much either. Only 20% read a news story based on the organization reporting it.